Les quatre elements. Louis etait un enfant leger qui n'apportait aucume application e l'etude; ... French comic strip shows a young boy, Louis, who decides to apply himself at school after unfortunate experiences with the four elements. Louis learns about fire by getting burned while working for a baker; about water by falling into a stream while working with fishermen; about the earth by hurting his back while employed with a gardner; and about air by crashing into a tree while an assistant to a balloonist. The comic strip concludes with Louis as a civil engineer. Date between 1830 and 1870.